U4D4 - Rational Equation Word Problems

Peter can mow the lawn in 40 minutes and John can mow the lawn in 60 minutes. How long will it take for them to mow the lawn together?

• 48 minutes
• 50 minutes
• 24 minutes
• 12 minutes

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Joan can clean the store in five hours. If Dan helps, it takes them four hours. Without help, how long would it take Dan to complete this job ?

• 10

• 25

• 20

• 15

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Keith and Melanie were able to reupholster furniture in three hours together. It takes Melanie five hours to do this job alone. Without help, how long would it take Keith to do this job ?

• 5.5

• 6.5

• 7.5

• 8.5

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Tim and Tom were able to reupholster furniture in four hours together. It takes Tom eleven hours to do this job alone. Without help, how long would it take Tim to do this job ?

• 6.12

• 7.32

• 6.29

• 9.34

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One computer can process payroll in 4 hours and a different computer can process it in 6 hours. If they start working at 10:00 a.m., when will they be done?

• 11:30 a.m.

• 1:00 p.m.

• 12:24 p.m.

• 12:48 p.m.

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Katherine can paint a room in 4 hours. Joe needs 6 hours to paint the same room. Which equation would you use to determine how long it takes them to paint the room if they work together?

•  $\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{6}=\frac{1}{t}$  

•  $\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{t}=\frac{1}{6}$  

•  $\frac{1}{6}+\frac{1}{t}=\frac{1}{4}$  

•  $t=24$  

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George can build a laptop twice as fast as Kurt. Working together, it takes them 3 hours. Which equation would you use to determine how long it will take Kurt working alone?

• $2t+t=3$

• $\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{6}=\frac{1}{t}$

• $\frac{1}{t}+\frac{1}{3}=\frac{1}{2t}$

• $\frac{1}{t}+\frac{1}{2t}=\frac{1}{3}$

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A boat goes 10 miles downstream in the same time it can go 3 miles upstream. The speed of the current is 2 miles per hour. Which equation could you use to find the speed of the boat in still water?

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A car travels 400 km in the same time that a freight train travels 300 km. The speed of the car is 25 km/h more than the speed of the train. Find the speed of the car and the speed of the train. (Hint set fractions equal rather than adding to a set time.)

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The time it takes for a canoe to go 4 miles upstream and back 4 miles downstream is 5 hours. The current in the lake is 2 mile per hour.  Find the average speed (rate) of the canoe in still water.